An auction of Rare Minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !! This time is a Silbergrube, Waidhaus Phosphates Special !

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany is a phosphate locality near the famous Hagendorf. It is characterized by the occurrence of rare phosphate mineral species; many of them are present in this auction. so I highly recommend to have a look !

This time is a Special auction of previously not sold items, many at a discounted Start Prices, so it's a good opportunity to look for a specimens that you were interested in, but for any reason, you missed them !!

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are: the very new mineral Mojaveite from Bird Nest drive (IMA 2013-120), an exceptional Tubulite from Bio Mine, Borgofranco (see photo below), a Capgaronnite from Cap Garonne, a Momoiite (IMA 2009-36) from the Kurase Mine, the type locality, and many more up to 35 specimens (Dickthomssenite, Rruffite, Palermoite, Wupatkiite, Atencioite, Nadorite, Haydeeite, Routhierite+Arsiccioitre+Protochabourneite, Sorensenite, Rosiaite, Melanophlogite...), so I highly recommend to have a look !

A new auction of Purple Sky Minerals has just started at E-rocks !. This time is a Tsumeb Rarities Special. Some of the most sought after rarities from Tsumeb are auctioned, so have a look if you're a passionate about Tsumeb !.

The most outstanding rarities are a Brunogeigerite (!!!) and Gerdtremmelite (!!!), but some of the other rarities are: Reinerite, Lukranite, Carminite+gartrellite, Koritnigite, Zincgartrellite, Alamosite, Keyite, Helmutwinklerite, Thometzekite, etc.

I uploaded in e-rocks some interesting rare minerals for this week's auction of Purple-Sky-Minerals. If you're interested in systematic minerals please take a look and bid if you find something useful for your collection.

Just yesterday a new auction of rare minerals in Purple Sky Minerals-E-Rocks began.

This time the following minerals are included, many of them very rare, always in microcrystals:

-Stibioclaudetite-Caysichite-(Y) (the only Erbium mineral in existence, of almost 5000 known minerals!, after the database www.rruff.info)-Montesommaite from Montesomma-Marshite amd Miersite: the most famous iodine minerals, in well formed crystals !-Tapiaite+Joteite: two very aesthetic new minerals-Coccinite: a Hg-I mineral rarely seen on the market-Liroconite: probably the most sought after British mineral at a start price very low for such a rarity-Eskolaite: a rarity with a very simple formula, Cr2O3, in crystals !-Curetonite :from the famous dealer Forrest Cureton-Tubulite : 3 exceptional tubes + 2 boulangerite rings in a single specimen !-Native Nickel: a rarely seen native element-Sabatierite: a very rare thallium selenide mineral

Just yesterday, a new Purple Sky Minerals auction in E-rocks has begun. This time is a Lengenbach, Binntal, Switzerland Special with a nice selection of sulphosalts and other minerals from there.

Of special interest for their rarity are the following: edenharterite (!!), imhofite, baumhauerite-2a, sinnerite and quadratite, but other rare species from there like rathite, trechmannite, smithite, hatchite-wallisite, sartorite, hutchinsonite, lengenbachite, liveingite, baumhauerite, molybdenite-3R, dufrenoysite, jordanite, seligmannite, marrite are also in the auction. You will see the selection covers almost all the paragenesis from the quarry.

-Tubulite from type locality in Borgofranco: the most perfect tube I've seen in my life!-Niedermayrite : extremely rare cadmium mineral from the summer 2002 find at Laurion.-Mammothite from Mammoth, Tiger: a exceptional rarity today-Tapiaite & Joteite: new minerals from Chile (IMA 2014-024, and IMA 2012-091)-Terrywallaceite : a rarity from Herminia mine, Peru-Marshite & Miersite from Rubtsovskoe, Russia in exceptionally well formed crystals-Pirquitasite : a very rare sulphide from Argentina-Surite from Mammoth. Tiger-Teineite in crystals from a Norvegian locality-Shilovite from Pabellon de Pica, a new mineral (IMA 2014-016) with amine groups-Picotpaulite & Parapierrotite from Allchar: two Thallium rarities-Aguilarite: a very rare silver selenide in crystals -Haradaite: a very sought after green nice vanadium mineral-Sylvanite & Tellurium : exceptional crystals from Fiji.-Laffittite: exceptional deep red crystal from Getchell mine-Marshallsussmanite from Wessels mine-Baumstarkite from San Genaro mine-Rakovanite: deep orange crystals of this vanadium rarity